Love of my life!!!!!

I have the best man ever! Despite my working late all week long and barely having the energy to hang out this week. We woke up this morning and Bill wanted to go to Ricks Bakery (my favorite bakery ever!!! ) for breakfast. We got up this morning and I opened some cards that I had gotten early for my birthday and Bill brought out a few presents that he had bought for me. Since we got the Jeep, they added a tow package I asked for a Razorback that goes into the tow receiver and an Arkansas license plate for the front. I was so excited now my car is cheering on the Razorbacks! Anyways, we got dressed to run some errands and stopped first at Ricks. We ate breakfast and then Bill got up and said he would be right back. He came back with a beautiful cake decorated for my birthday and fall. He said it was chocolate with peanut butter filling and whipped icing. He told me that he had bought some vanilla ice cream to eat with the cake after dinner tonight. He figured that it would taste like a giant peanut butter cup, my favorite candy ever. He was right, and he got all the details correct on the cake, even down to the type of icing that I like. I was very impressed, he is so sweet. I know that it is the little things in life that make you truly appreciate the love that you have for someone. What an amazing man that I have!!!!! He even sang happy birthday to me! I am truly blessed!



He even went out today while I was out working and purchased gourds to add to my fall decorations. I know that he is not a big fan of gourds, but they look so pretty and are easy to use for fall decorations. Check it out. Our house is almost ready for fall!

More pictures

As most women are, I am very picky when it comes to how I look in pictures. I was not a big fan of the pictures Bill took of me after the game yesterday. I got all dressed for church this morning and when we got back, I asked Bill to take a picture. Simply put, I think I looked cuter today than yesterday. You can be the judge.


Anyways, we picked up a copy of Arkansas Bride at Barnes and Noble after church. I looked online at all the locations in NW Arkansas. I think we are still interested in our original choice. The Botanical Gardens just down the street from our house. Let us know what you think. Here is the website. http://www.bgozarks.org/ Now we just have to look at the Farmer's Almanac to see when the leaves will be at their prime.

All the baby laundry is done... Doesn't it look cute! So small, we can't wait.

Long time no Blog...

Sorry, I have not blogged in a while, but it has been really busy around here. Bill was gone for a week in Pittsburgh, PA. He had a chance to attend a Steelers game and visit with his uncle Patsy and his step mom, Mary and her mom. He was also able to go to the house he grew up in and reminisce about his childhood. Click here to see his photos.
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While he was gone it was a busy week here, AOII was it the middle of recruitment and ended up with 69 women in their new member class. YEAH Xi Omicron for meeting quota their first year in formal recruitment. Congrats Ladies. As many of the women in the chapter did I ended up sick from the late nights and long days, plus a week of long days after. I was so excited as last Friday was the Student Government retreat for all students involved with ASG. We had over 75 students at the retreat. After reading all the evaluations and hearing from the students we believe that the retreat was a great success. (Wow, what a work-aholic, I am blogging about work! Yikes!)

Bill got home during the middle of the retreat and came to join me for dinner. Last weekend was uneventful with me trying to get over being sick and Bill tired from his trip. Life this week has been nice as it is getting back to normal, minus now the both of us getting sick. I stayed home on Wednesday and Friday from work, but thankfully my doctor was able to give me some medicine and I am starting to get better.

We are so excited as we were able to get tickets to the Razorback game tomorrow. It's parents weekend this weekend and so tickets were going to be hard to come by. However, one of my friends had tickets and was willing to give them away, since he was going to be working most of the weekend on the parents weekend festivities. Let's hope that this weekend's game is much better than the last few for the Razorbacks. I know I haven't posted a picture lately, but I promise one is coming, so many people have asked me where the latest photo is. I will Bill take a picture of me this weekend.

As I thought this was going to be just a simple rainy weekend. I got home last night from work and we were making our plans for the weekend. Bill said I was thinking, you have been wanting to go away for a weekend and you have been stressed. What if we went to Eureka Springs this weekend and took advantage of one of those bath houses up there? Wow, I thought what a great idea. We got online and found a hotel that had a great package deal, 1 night in the hotel, breakfast for two, and 2 one hour massages, how could we turn that down! We are off this afternoon for a short drive and an evening away. I can't wait and what a wonderful surprise. I am so thankful, I continue to be surprised by this man I am truly blessed!

Before we headed off to our weekend away we decided to run a few errands. One of the AOII alums was having a garage sale and she told me that she had a ton of baby things to stop by if we had time. We stopped by and definitely found some bargains. We got probably 30 outfits, some books and some needed items for a deal! We are so excited and definitely thankful. If anyone else knows of some bargains, let us know.

This week we took a little time and went down to Oklahoma on Tuesday to see Bailey in a pageant. She was one of three 14 year olds that competed in the Miss McCurtain County pageant. We arrived and they weren't ready to start the pageant so we got to take some time and hang out with her before she made her debut. She looked so beautiful and very grown up. We walked away and Bill commented that she took his breath away. She did a wonderful job and we were both so proud of her. Unfortunately we did not bring our camera, the only picture we have is from my camera phone while she was in the car.

Keeping Busy

I apologize that we have not posted recently. It has been very busy with the start of school. Last weekend we drove to Tulsa, OK to get the crib and set up the nursery, unfortunately they did not have the crib in stock and had to order it, so we made the trip again yesterday. Let me say it was well worth it. We were so excited to get everything set up, Bill even missed the first Arkansas game of the season. Thankfully it was on the radio at least. We are still working out the details of how to fit everything in the room, but for now this is how we have left the room. See the pictures below:




Not only have we been busy at work, but we have also been searching for the perfect family vehicle. Since my mother gave her motherly advice a few months ago... Bill and I both had two door vehicles, not exactly great for a baby and car seat. We looked at almost every vehicle car and SUV out there. Including the Jeep Wrangler 4 doors. Something we had written off as out of our price range was a Jeep Cherokee. However, Bill stopped by the Jeep dealership in Springdale to look at the Wranglers and found a used Cherokee with only 20,000 miles on it for significantly lower than all the other vehicles we were looking at. He told me about that and the Liberties and we decided to go look at them. We test drove the Cherokee and found that we would be able to get a great deal. They even through in to get the seats re-upholstered with leather and a tow hitch. The SUV was everything we were looking for and more for a lot less. We are super excited and have already been spoiled with the new purchase. So if you know anyone that wants a Scion TC with 23,000 miles on it, there is one waiting for you in Springdale Arkansas. Anyways as you can see it has been a busy weekend. Purchasing a new vehicle, getting a crib and setting up the nursery. We are on our way to really being a family.

Here is the latest on the weekly photos:

Pooped!!!!!

Sorry it has been a while since I have blogged. Last weekend we hosted our friends and family at our house while they hosted us in a small baby shower. And this week has been so hectic getting ready for the start of the fall semester next week.

We are so thankful for our friends and family. We had a wonderful time with all of our guests last weekend. With my mom, Bill's mom, sister and brother-in-law, and my friends Rebekah, Reagan and Laura we had a busy weekend. With the exception of my mom everyone got in on Friday around five and we went to dinner as a large group. The girls luggage got lost in Atlanta so they were without their belongings until Saturday morning. We hosted everyone for breakfast Saturday morning and then took the girls to get our nails done. Bill took his mom and brother-in-law shopping on Saturday and showed them around Fayetteville, including the Farmers Market in the square. When we arrived home we quickly made lunch and the girls rushed off to the bakery to meet Leslee to set up the shower. After the shower Bill cooked for everyone on his new grill. We did learn that our house is not equipped for Thanksgiving family dinner, we did everything cafe style. Lots of tv trays and eating off your lap on the couch.

What a wonderful event, we are so thankful to everyone for all that you have done for us. Thanks to our friends and family we have definitely gotten a great start at preparing for the arrival of little Garrett and he will definitely be well dressed! I apologize that we could not host more of our out of town friends for the event, as the list was never ending and we wanted to make sure that we could spend time with everyone.




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After everyone left on Sunday, Bill and I passed out. And the rush started on Monday. Monday started the week before school starts it has been filled with seminars, AOII work week, volunteering with Freshman move-in and trying to prep for the rush that is recruitment for Student Government. Poor Bill there was not one night that I got home earlier than 6:30 or 7:00. I hope this is not a sign of the Fall semester to come. I made a vow to my staff that we were going to try to balance our work so that no one works more than two evenings per week. We obviously did not achieve this this week.

I called Bill to tell him that if I wasn't pregnant I would need some wine after work yesterday. Since that was not an option he took me to dinner for a date night. We went to Copelands for dinner and were going to go to a movie, but I was about to fall asleep at 9 pm. We opted to hold on a movie until today. He is currently off at the lake doing some training for the dive team and I am relaxing at home. Tomorrow starts the week again, yes on Sunday. Convocation is tomorrow and there is still much to be done before the first day of class and the ASG Cookout on Monday. I promise I am not a workaholic but this is how the start of school goes in student affairs. Wish me luck!!! And wish Bill luck as he will get to deal with me, pooped!

The weeks just keep seem to keep on going by so quickly. Summer is almost over, booo! Last week was filled with work and not much more. However, this weekend Leslee (my co-worker) and I took the student government executives to a lake house for their annual retreat. We had a wonderful time and got a lot of great work done for the year. This year's students are so motivated and excited about the future of student government, I can't wait to watch them in action. This year's retreat was filled with exciting work, yet a lot of relaxation and getting to know each other. I had a blast, but I am definitely tired.

OHHHHH, Booooo. We have to get another ultrasound at the end of August which we are really excited about. However, I asked the doctor if they had the new 3D or 4D ultrasound, the answer was no. :( So I guess we will just have to wait until we officially meet Mr. Man in order to get a detailed picture of him. No worries, he is worth the wait. The doctor sounded pleased with my progress and said Garrett's heart beat was nice and strong at 159. He continues to be very active and moving around frequently as I am sure this is just the start of our high energy child.

I am going to be an aunt again as well as a Mom. My sister-in-law and brother are pregnant and they just found out on Friday that it is going to be a girl. Bethany will be a big sister soon enough. We are very excited that Garrett will have a little girl cousin born maybe just a few weeks after he is. Amy's sister, Susan, also found out that she is pregnant and due around the end of February, I guess she is hoping for a leap year baby. I told my brother and Amy that 2007 is the year of the babies! We will have three new babies in our family within four months of each other.

One more week until I am six months pregnant! This Saturday will mark 6 months! I am definitely starting to look it too. I believe my belly is starting to pop and look really round.